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GoPro releases stunning video footage of Red Bull Stratos jumpFor its Super Bowl spot, GoPro has released footage of Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking jump from the stratosphere.
Mystery of huge underwater 'crop circles' solvedMysterious underwater rings of eelgrass, off the coast of Denmark, are the result of poison, biologists say. The rings weren't created by fairies, bombs, or visiting aliens, say researchers.
Snakes on a higher plane: reptilian flight secrets revealedHow do the reptile world's best fliers pull it off without wings? Hint: it's in the ribs.
Going rogue could be the norm for asteroids, say astronomersThe discovery of a large number of so-called rogue asteroids suggests a tumultuous early history of our solar system, say researchers.
Why doesn't Chinese New Year fall on New Year's Day?Chinese New Year falls in late January, but the solar calendar rolls over on Jan. 1. Why? Lunar and solar calendars just don't fit together neatly.
Bye-bye, butterfly? How you can fight the Monarch die-offMigrating Monarch butterfly populations are plummeting, partly due to the loss of milkweed, a wildflower that Monarchs depend on. Teachers, schoolchildren, brides, and others have begun fighting back, one seed at a time.
Is a neighboring space dwarf rocking a heavy metal polar vortex?A team of scientists have mapped the weather on the closest known brown dwarf, a would-be star located some six light years away.
Your skin and hair are probably crawling with Neanderthal genes, say scientistsTwo studies have confirmed that humanity still carries around lots of Neanderthal genes, some of which are responsible for the nature of our hair, skin, and nails, say scientists.
Humanity could still carry up to 20 percent of the Neanderthal genome, say scientistsEven though the genomes of most modern-day non-African humans possess are just one or two percent Neanderthal, up to 20 percent of the Neanderthal genome could be found in today's humans collectively, new research suggests.
Is the annual Monarch butterfly migration coming to an end?The number of black-and-orange butterflies, popularly known as Monarch butterflies, wintering in Mexico have hit its lowest this year since studies began in 1993. The insects' annual migration is on the verge of disappearing, say experts.
How the world's smartest invertebrate could teach you how to hideThe cuttlefish, a mollusk that lives on the sea floor, is an expert at camouflage. Now scientists are closing in on exactly how these animals perform their disappearing acts.
Why your skin, hair might have come from NeanderthalsA pair of genetic studies have determined that up to 70 percent of the genes associated with skin and hair could have come from Neanderthals.
Early galaxies were formed through collisions of 'baby' galaxiesEarly gas-rich galaxies were formed after they collided with each other, causing massive explosions that resulted in the formation of a huge number of stars, according to a study.
Why some physicists aren't buying Hawking's new black hole theoryStephen Hawking has released a new paper that challenges the concept of an event horizon, a point of no return thought to surround a black hole. But not all scientists are convinced.
Mexico water monster: Has it gone extinct?Mexico 'water monster,' also known as the 'Mexican walking fish' and the axolotl, may have disappeared from its only known natural habitat, say scientists. Is the Mexico 'water monster' now extinct?
Where were you when the Challenger exploded? Why your memory might be wrong.Studies of so-called flashbulb memories, created during moments of emotional arousal, show that our recollections, vivid as they may be, are not necessarily reliable.
'Voice of NASA': What we learned from ChallengerHugh Harris was 'The Voice of NASA.' He spent 35 years with the agency, and recently wrote 'Challenger: An American Tragedy, The Inside Story from Launch Control.'
300,000-year-old hearth sheds light on 'fire building' by early humansScientists stumble upon evidence which points toward repeated use of fire by prehistoric humans for cooking meat and other household chores.
Say cheese! Space station cameras now looking at us in high-def.After four spacewalks and a series of glitches, the International Space Station now sports a pair of cameras pointing at Earth.
Stephen Hawking makes shocking revelation on black holesStephen Hawking, author of 'A Brief History of Time' makes a U-turn on black holes. What goes into black holes can now escape, although in a much mangled form, he suggests.
